AMDs First Graphics Card....The 2900XT in 2018

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Hello and Welcome to another Budget Builds Official video where today we'll be taking a look at the AMD Radeon 2900XT, in a video thay has taken me quite the while to get out. So join us as we see if AMDs first official GPU (No not the first one with their brand thats that was a later HDXXXX Series GPU, but the first release under their companies control)
Find out a little about the card, how it holds up today, and just what exactly went wrong against the fabled 8800GT...Is it a good Budget option, was it ever a good option. Lets find out.
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Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600
RAM: 16GB DDR4 2666Mhz
GPU: AMD Radeon 2900XT
(Tested on both Windows 7 and Windows 10, AMD Catalyst Variants upto 13 Tested for instable titles)
(Poor Camera Quality is due to my Camera being Unavailable, so the full video was shot on mobile phone)
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Комментарии : 657

@gamergrill9629 5 лет назад

Little known fact: The flame decals on the card increase your PC's overall performance by 20%!

@gamergrill9629 5 лет назад

Ultimate power? :O

@at2735 5 лет назад

@E.LA.O 45.00013% get it right you uncultured swine.

@Motleyguts 5 лет назад

I miss BFG's box art. It was one of the main reasons I chose that brand. Their font spelling out "Lifetime Warranty" really drew me to them haha :D

@echoes_93 5 лет назад

Also makes it 20% cooler!

@davesbudgethardware8657 5 лет назад

All it needs now is RGB

@alrecks619 5 лет назад

unique features : -flame cover decal

@hoppstech 5 лет назад

Those flame decals make a man want to do rebellious activities

@goldengibus6300 5 лет назад

I got banned from his discord, apparently Hamish is really sensitive about his fingernails.

@luisgonzalez5482 4 года назад

Golden Gibus what’s wrong with his nails? Lol.

@boomwithpeter623 5 лет назад

As i am now crippeled for next 5 months or so, i will dedicate my time making drivers for old ATI cards, i might actualy make a website for that

@TheBcoolGuy 5 лет назад

Just make sure to relax during Christmas!

@nap8187 5 лет назад

BoomWithPeter Got a twitter?

@jamessmith99731 5 лет назад

Wat happen

@blopplop1568 5 лет назад

Did you end up doing it?

@shaggyboombastic1058 5 лет назад

@@blopplop1568 is windows vista and on guru3d. look up guru3d modified amd gpu drivers. youll probably have to find a go to new site button as well and navigate to modified videocard drivers

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

Fellas I know this video may have a few quirks, this is because: 1. I did not have access to my camera, and most of this video was shot on a phone. 2. My Windows 10 Install died, taking away my project files and some B-Roll 3. Due to the project file mis-matching there were issues with the rendering, which is mostly fixed. I hope you enjoy, as the video was quite the project.

@gamergrill9629 5 лет назад

Impressive video for all your limitations with it! :D

@detmer87 5 лет назад

And you failed to remove two screws from the I/O bracket and therefore couldn't remove the cooler from the PCB.

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

@@detmer87 Congratulations on watching the video, the screws were bored, and therefore couldnt be removed....I mention this twice.

@eightmegsandconstantlyswap8862 5 лет назад

Liiinux tiiiiiime :dab:

@GrockleTD 5 лет назад

@@eightmegsandconstantlyswap8862 Yeeeeeeee!

@philscomputerlab 5 лет назад

The 8800 GTX, and its many off springs, was very difficult to compete with. I do remember getting a 4850 a bit later, that card was really good value.

@TheMetroRetro 5 лет назад

@Dalle Smalhals No I think it's a Pentium® 4 channel

@badass6300 5 лет назад

@PhilsComputerLab the hd4870 was only 15-25% slower than the gtx 280, while costing 2.15x times less and consuming less power too and having 2.2-2.4x times smaller die size.

@mmllmmll22 5 лет назад

Phils i own Asus reference pcb 4850 512mb /Works fine at 70°C idle

@likeclockwork6473 5 лет назад

The problem with competing with the 8800s were how hard Nvidia pushed that series. That was about as powerful a GPU Nvidia could possibly make with that architecture. This was a GPU nearly impossible to compete with within that gen. ATI had moved power consumption up in the generation prior and what would be accepted at the time was up in the air. The HD3870 was a much better card since its power consumption and clock speeds were a lot better.

@talvisota327 5 лет назад

hd4850 was a great card for its price back in 2009.

@ChasishOnYouTube 5 лет назад

I calculated most of it out... you've spent closer to $1300 US this past year on computer junk for your channel. I love the dedication you have to your craft. Thank you for putting in the money, time, and effort to make this content. We all enjoy it so much. :)

@thatxonexguy5438 5 лет назад

He made all his money back with youtube and patreon like a jew he is, so it doesnt really matter for him.

@TheFableHistorian 5 лет назад

As an epic gamer, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Also pro gamer tip: Flames = 5GHZ

@classic_jam 5 лет назад

This video gets 9 APUs out of 10.

@amused7928 5 лет назад

Vega 8 out of 11?

@TrueThanny 5 лет назад

The inclusion of the Athlon II GE really puts things in perspective. That little integrated GPU has some really impressive performance compared to older flagship products.

@Face2FaceHardware 5 лет назад

Awesome video 👏 I believe the 1803 update is the real issue with W10. Ever since I’ve installed it my 2900 XT has been nothing but problematic. Glad you installed Windows 7 to get Fortnite working. Oh yeah and thanks for the shoutout! 🤟

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

Oddly enough I deliberately avoided 1803 when testing this GPU, I was on a 17XX Update, and it was definitely Stabler than 1803, but gaming performance was the same regardless of Windows 10 17XX or Windows 7, just more games ended up working on Windows 7 mostly.

@Face2FaceHardware 5 лет назад

Budget-Builds Official Interesting. Like you said, Windows 7 is just a much more stable experience on these cards. Sniper Elite 3 will constantly BSOD on Windows 10 1803. Most newer games will run the same on both Operating systems, but I noticed in some older titles that Windows 7 does exhibit better performance when using older drivers that are officially supported. Frame times are still pretty bad though.

@Jarmundx 5 лет назад

👏Videocard 👏 review (?)

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

Oddly enough I didn't see much of a performance increase from dropping from Windows 10 to 7. The largest difference was GTA V although even then it was a case of single digit FPS (The game could hit 30-40Fps in 720p Regardless of using Windows 7 or 10) but given the awful frametimes it bought down the average massively. It'd be interesting to go through and test from Vista through to Windows 10, and see just which OS is optimal for a GPU like this. I would have gone through that myself, but unfortunately after loosing the video once, I think it'd be better suited to it's own video.

@stevin47 5 лет назад

same with my asus ares 5879x2 from what ive read its uefi bio's directx11 and below have legasy bios enen the newer boards have problems with them but the 1803 does'nt support these cards have issuses amd drivers disappearing and random black screens on start up on my b450 motherboard can choose dual boot legasy and uefi it helps but any driver from amd besoide 15.7 and all hell breaks loose but after few wks problems corrupt and have to reinstall windows

@octane613 5 лет назад

I'm gonna be honest, the fact this 12 year old card ran these games in any way is pretty impressive.

@amused7928 5 лет назад

Are the flames a stylistic choice or foreshadowing?

@IRQ1Conflict 5 лет назад

Hahaha, smartass ;P

@wayge 5 лет назад

both

@akeiai 5 лет назад

both

@PignaofLegends 5 лет назад

This was very well made. This channel NEVER lets me down quality-wise.

@amused7928 5 лет назад

Pentium D inside

@muddywaters8706 5 лет назад

I really appreciate the amount of work you put into these videos. A definite cut above a lot of channels comparatively.

@jasontevepaugh 5 лет назад

After watching your videos for a while I finally decided to build my own PC. Thank you for giving me some much needed knowledge on how something's work.

@kessilrun6754 3 года назад

My favorite card of all time! I still have the 1GB variant, but I think it may have issues. ATI had a habit of creating cards that awakened further down the road, as games began to support their features, like the 1800XT. So it's if no surprise the 2900 XT does better down than when first reviewed.

@LivingwithPerks 5 лет назад

Came here from EposVox's channel - I am very interested in what you have to offer. Awesome work!

@PixelPipes 5 лет назад

This card lives or dies by its driver. It's definitely one I've had to fiddle around with multiple Catalyst versions just to get it to where it's expected to be, eventually settling on 11.1. It's a bit of a janky architecture that depends a great deal on its software support to get any sort of efficiency out of it.

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

Very well said actually. Probably one of the worst aging architectures in recent years because of this. The performance isn't bad, it's just crippled so much by the instability, and varying issues that newer (or older) drivers can cause. I tend to opt for the Catalyst 10.X Series for a lot of older titles, it tended to help with frametimes ever so slightly. Cheers for stopping by the channel.

@ACSBranding 5 лет назад

Damn DVI molex screws anyway. Love seeing testing like this, that card just looks cool. Great vid.

@cyphaborg6598 5 лет назад

Minecraft a game that could literally be powered by a potato.

@EvilTurkeySlices 5 лет назад

CyphaBorg not so much anymore.

@professionalseal8230 5 лет назад

the very first time you get it, yes but then every version you get after that just makes the game chug progressively more until you have to render 4 chunks and everything on low

@professionalseal8230 5 лет назад

lRaziel1 specs contribute too, but from personal experience that tends to be how mc is after a coiple downloaded versions

@HavenMarches 5 лет назад

Well unless you do the TNT test.

@trviis 5 лет назад

Back in 2013, I played minecraft at 30fps using my dad’s old windows vista laptop on very low settings

@speedbird2835 5 лет назад

Discord is way faster than RU-vid notifications.

@XanGalea 5 лет назад

Agreed

@juaneduardovitoria 5 лет назад

Even a messenger pigeon is way faster

@eightmegsandconstantlyswap8862 5 лет назад

Mmmm OpenTTD music.

@TechoGames 5 лет назад

Honestly Hamish this is one of the best video I've seen in awhile on youtube, I really liked it how you brief history on the card and explained it also I can tell how much hard work has went into this video with the multiple benchmarks and I think that what makes Budget Builds Budget Builds unlikely "I get fake benchmarks" but again man great video keep it up p.s bird in the background is the show stealer

@Sobbsy 4 года назад

Actually really loved this card. I bought two of them and crossfired them back in the day, still have them both boxed away in my shed in perfect condition. They were fantastic with Team Fortress 2, which I played basically all day every day haha. I really wanted to just get the XTX card but it was way too pricey and almost impossible to find even back then... I'd love to try and find one today to buy and play with and ultimately put it on the shelf of pride when I finish building it lol. I've kept pretty much every single GPU I ever bought, going back to my GeForce 256, TNT2 M64, god knows what else. I miss the wild west days of the GPU wars, god what a time that was. Awesome video, thanks for the blast of nostalgia!!

@ScottPilgrim1 5 лет назад

Those songs... Shigeo Sekito. Mass respect! Great Video!

@jasonmrazek5130 5 лет назад

i found this card in goodwill....

@Mitchkit 5 лет назад

Was happy to see the Nvidia GT610 in the benchmarks lol. That was my first GPU, and I was stuck with it up to 2017. I loved it so much, and still do.

@thomascallaghan6444 5 лет назад

Shame you couldn't get killing floor working, but cheers for the mention

@GrockleTD 5 лет назад

as soon as i saw that this video existed, i knew my evening was about to get a lot better

@nnogalaxy4951 5 лет назад

@@danwhitear2440 ...

@R1ndar 5 лет назад

@@danwhitear2440 ..

@tobsmonster2 5 лет назад

I remember when crossfired 2900XT’s and an OC’d Q6600 were part of my dream Crysis PC. I also remember having to settle for an 8600GT and Athlon X2 7850BE. Simpler times.

@sirFlukie 5 лет назад

you never fail to entertain. Love the channel. just wish they were abit more frequent

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

Please see pinned comment. Also if you want to support the channel please do consider Patreon, as it would help fund new videos

@sirFlukie 5 лет назад

@@BudgetBuildsOfficial will do 😁

@trailsdetails4061 3 года назад

Gotta love the Transport Tycoon music in the background

@kinbbink6435 4 года назад

Hello Budget Builds Official, great video despite your limitations! Just one thing though, the DiRT3 results (which I presume were done with the DX9 rendered since the card had no DX11 support) seem a bit lower than I would expect though. I had a ATI Mobility Radeon 4670 which had the same shader core count (320) paired with a Core 2 Duo T9550 laptop and managed to get 60 FPS constant with much higher settings at 900p for DiRT3. Could be a Windows 10 driver issue though, I was running the game with Catalyst 11.11a performance drivers on Windows 7 x64 SP1 and the Legacy Drivers are known to have degraded performance even compared to the earlier drivers.

@tomstech9446 5 лет назад

Great video mate!

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

Cheers man

@pedrobastos8132 5 лет назад

Yeah, this remembers me of my old 8800 GTS from XFX (back when XFX was on the green side and had a weird dog as mascot). It had amazing performance, loved it

@DanielCardei 5 лет назад

Fantastic video. I bet will run good on an XP machine :)

@x_x_wz 4 года назад

What about a vista

@cannedbeverage7687 5 лет назад

I have one dead serious question, did you blow up at least ONE TNT during the Minecraft benchmark?

@xFluing 5 лет назад

That's a CPU benchmark though.

@ITXDemi 5 лет назад

Some say there's one man who can save budget gaming. Budget-Builds official.

@GetJesse 5 лет назад

Thanks for the video

@lordpolvo222 5 лет назад

I know the pain of watching you struggle with that cooler! There is a cheeky little screw on the bracket near the DVI ports!

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

Unfortunately the screws were bored.

@hassan_dgf 3 года назад

Nice to see the xt branding is still around

@dreed100 5 лет назад

Awesome video And you need gamer nexus mat.

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

Nope

@Sporkyyyyyy 5 лет назад

Your voice soothes me :D

@bricks7000 5 лет назад

Hey, do you know any good resources for cleaning your PC parts? I love watching your videos of you cleaning the hardware, but I don't know how - and I'd like to, my GPU is really running hot these days. 91C under full load, 50C when running idle with 100% fan! I guess that's what happens when you don't clean your pc in 2 years. But, anyway, do you have any general guides or videos that could help educate me on the topic?

@sinahormozi8901 5 лет назад

Oh my God! This reminisce me of old times that I used to own an HD 4890... It was rocking by that time!!!

@kitsunemitsu2463 5 лет назад

Dude, you're lucky,my first gpu was a 4550HD, and I hate that card

@FullyBuffered 5 лет назад

Anything is better with flame decals on it. Great video! :D

@skychoiryt5567 5 лет назад

So if my tablet suck in emulation and i want to make it faster i should stick flames to it? (I know its sarcasm)

@woody1593 5 лет назад

Ahhhh the 8800 GTS. My first graphics card. It was amazing. Good memories

@Litepaw 4 года назад

Aww damn, i remember that card. You can't forget those tribal flames and the jet engine of a sound that fan produced 😃

@TechWithSean 5 лет назад

The flames give it a style that makes it look like the GPU of choice for Pro Wrestlers and energy drink enthusiasts everywhere.

@mythologicalz 5 лет назад

Good video as always,never heard much about these cards until recently

@mx-kiddo4640 5 лет назад

10/10 papi hamish 👍 cya in BBOP 😘

@calebpoley9620 5 лет назад

Video is great. Can you cover AMD k 6-2 processor from the 90’s? I used that processor until 2006 because my pc was actually capable of running xp really well

@slice1208 5 лет назад

The fact it can play games at all is amazing . I think my voodoo 3 was only useful for 4 years and the last year it was a bad card .

@i.usedtobegod 5 лет назад

you should do a vid on the hd5450, ive used it for about a month and honestly, older games run well , very playable

@alexandermacgregor5021 5 лет назад

Great video!

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

Cheers

@marianistefanoj 4 года назад

One of my dreamcards, and still being for a retro gaming machine :D

@benezkt4189 5 лет назад

I got Fortnite runinng on a nividia Geforce 8400 gs with 256mb ddr2 vram😂 It's not really playable but its running stable with 7-10 fps.

@Jtwizzle 5 лет назад

hmm that has me hpeful for a 8600gts!

@AchiragChiragg 5 лет назад

But why?

@benezkt4189 5 лет назад

Achirag Chirag Just for fun and by the way on an core 2 duo

@EvilTurkeySlices 5 лет назад

The 8400 gs is garbage.

@benezkt4189 5 лет назад

EvilTurkeySlices Yes

@CarlizWang 5 лет назад

Did you unscrew those 4 at DVI port? Looks like thats the reason cooler wont come off, there is one screw fastened from the other side that keeps the I-O plate in place.

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

As said the screws were bored

@fueledbyregret 5 лет назад

Great trip down memory lane. Struggled to read the left hand legends on the graphs though unfortunately. White text on the dark background might work better for those of us with sight issues :)

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

Will correct them soon as new idea

@noth606 5 лет назад

I can tell you from direct experience what a person who bought it at launch, reserved preorder actually, thought about it. It was shit. That was my conclusion and largely my take on Dx10 for quite some time after. A pair of 7950Gx2's were about the same price about when I bought them not that long after, and were for all intents and purposes faster.

@arkhamknight616 5 лет назад

Dude I need help... I just got a lga 775 intel server mobo... Installed components etc. Try to turn in on with the gpu and it won't post... If I use the on board graphics I get a post.. Pls I need help asap...the mobo does not seem to have a bios update as far as can tell the model number for the mobo is s3200sh/s3210sh..

@tren 5 лет назад

Aww this Sims soundtrack's so good!

@MaxwellStarr 5 лет назад

I very briefly owned a pair of Sapphire HD 2900GT's (cut down 2900XTs) until I found out the hard way that only the bundled drivers supported Crossfire and I needed updated drivers out of the box for fixes for some of my games. I quickly dumped them for a pair HD 3870s before finally settling on a pair of HD 4850s. I kept one of my HD 4850's around for 6 years - that was a solid card. BTW: Not sure if was different elsewhere but at least in North America, while 2900XT was the first post-AMD buyout Radeon card released, AMD continued to use the ATI branding up until the end of the HD 5000 series, with 2010's HD 6000 series being the first 'AMD Radeon' branded card.

@iMagic16 5 лет назад

love the openttd music

@haseenabadshah5381 3 года назад

opening*

@Bandit-Darville 5 лет назад

I still have two of those puppies laying around. And the 4870 that replaced them. Man those things are hot, loud and hungry!

@Darkest_matter 5 лет назад

8:25 i was expecting the "someting is not responding" box.

@TydeYT 5 лет назад

You need to upgrade your camera to be more HD the videos will be much better, still amazing videos.

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

See the pinned comment.

@roarore8810 5 лет назад

I know you are in Europe but where do you find everything so cheap? I'm 13 and I want to practice building PCs and I was planning to build my friend a cheap PC with maybe a Core 2 Duo and a cheap graphics card. No matter where I look I never find these things very cheap like you seem to. I live in a very small place so I can't do much. Please help me.

@OrchestralChord 5 лет назад

Heya, been folloing you a long time, give "Beasts of Bermuda" a try, It's a UE4 game with some really impressive graphics, it's rather demanding but it's really decent in gameplay and graphics, The community is decent and it was released 22nd December, also give The Isle a shot too, their graphics are pretty sweet too, though community sorta ruins the game! As always, amazing videos, hey from North East of the UK and what can you do with a Radeon 7310?

@RealAshkii 5 лет назад

I have a high end pc, yet I still love watching videos like this, what is wrong with me?

@DerpySnake 5 лет назад

Everything. But, is there anything wrong with having everything wrong with you?

@SymbolicSplenetic 2 года назад

I had that thing.....it was a massive pain in the ass at the time tbh. I wanted so bad to like it, but it was a clunker. Upgraded to a pair of 3850's later and it was a world of difference, even with the dodgy crossfire bs.

@lukasvincourcz7043 5 лет назад

please will you try AMD Radeon HD 6850 GPU ? also good video

@ploot_abuse 5 лет назад

What overlay is being used in the gameplay footage?

@FireFoxBancroft 4 года назад

Funny I had no problem running Crysis in 1080p on the 2900XT but then I had a 6-core CPU and 16GB of Ram at the time. Not sure why you had performance issues at 1080p.

@cobydog456 5 лет назад

The sims music is so nice!

@nUck_DragonBall 5 лет назад

best tech channel on youtube, i still have a xp laptop form like when i was a kid, it runs morrowind like shit

@nUck_DragonBall 5 лет назад

aw heck yea he hearted it

@mr.tyrone254 5 лет назад

could you please review the MSI GeForce GT 710 Passive Silent 2 GB Graphics Card im thinking about whether i should get as a temporary gpu

@Firetorm2999 5 лет назад

I hear the Sim City 3000 theme song in the background :)

@georgealbata7478 5 лет назад

Can someone help me , my pc is sometimes not turning on i hear the fans going but my monitor and keyboard and mouse dont get any signal i have a gtx 750 ti an an i5 2400 and a 380 watt psu i think is a psu problem but im not sure

@tipoomaster 4 года назад

It was always interesting to me that ATI was a year ahead of the game to unified shaders in the Xbox 360 GPU, which was regarded very well. But they came in late and underwhelming to the same technology on the PC side. I think the buyout threw off their cadence for a while there.

@acethechicken2553 5 лет назад

nice video, can you review the geforce 8800, i want to see the fps of the games like gta 5, thank you!

@justvincent6602 5 лет назад

Nice video, btw i just got a rx 570 for 120$ was it worth? P.S: it was a sapphire + also

@BudgetBuildsOfficial 5 лет назад

Yes it was

@tangyspongesauce5251 5 лет назад

The next video you upload is your 100th!

@echinox2460 5 лет назад

if you are continuing the cheap phone series, can you do it on the Samsung Epic 4G? (Samsung Galaxy S Pro) and not the S II Epic Touch

@nextdaydelivery9148 4 года назад

This is seriously better than my gpu other than the API support and power consumption

@BAgodmode 2 года назад

I remember lusting after the 8000 series. Never got one. To this day, that’s the reason now that I always get the big bad boy graphics card anytime I replace a graphics card. Nothing less than a xx80.

@wauthethird 4 года назад

“-as there’s a lot we-else we could discuss” 3:54 really threw me off.

@JoeStuffz 4 года назад

Crysis was actually designed around lower FPSs like 24-30 FPS. It had a motion blur effect to compensate

@Ngamer834 9 месяцев назад

I had the cheaper 2900 pro edition which could be unlocked to a XT presenting good value. Was ok paired with the Q6600 system I had at the time could play Crisis and Bioshock two of my favourites back then.

@ThejewelCraft0100 5 лет назад

I hear that Sims 4 music in the background!

@Elstupidonoone1 5 лет назад

So I'm working on my "project of opportunity" I picked up an old gaming computer maybe two years back from a thrift store for $60, dusty but had an ASUS m5a97 le r2.0 motherboard, can't remember the processor off hand, but it was missing a graphics card, hard drive, and ram (but a good power supply and case was there, among some other items. Anyway, I again was out thrifting and picked up an old Nvidia Quadro fx 3700 graphics card for $6, now I know these cards were geared for 3d CAD rather then gaming, but I have since picked up an 8gb ddr3 ram chip, and 120gb ssd So my question is how would you optimise a system like this? I plan on installing windows 7 as I feel it won't be as bloated as something like windows 10 but still be supported, your thoughts?

@virtualtools_3021 4 года назад

Look up BlackViper's windows 7 optimization guide, it got my os much lighter and using less ram

@Ghozer 5 лет назад

I had an ATI 1650 XT, that I sold and picked up an "HD 2900 XT" when it came out - had always stuck to AMD until the 1070 i'm on now (purchased back in Feb 2017 just before the mining craze)

@DustyTheDog 5 лет назад

I still use an AMD R9 290, in an ASUS flavor. My TV is 1080p 60Hz, so it does fine for what I play. It does struggle with higher than 1080p, however. The 290 was released in late 2013, and my specific card was early 2014. I bought mine in November 2014 for Cyber Monday. So I have had it over 4 years now.

@Cooperdaleit 5 лет назад

DustyTheDog I had a sapphire 6870 up until last summer. Amd fine wine!

@rk137066 5 лет назад

nice job. could you please compare vega 3 in 200ge to hd 5750/5770?

@Oddlot0930 5 лет назад

Considered trying it with Omega Drivers?

@turdgoblin6113 4 года назад

I loved this card for doom 3!! Obviously not the best card, but it sure as shit worked.

@buda3d2007 4 года назад

I had the ATI HD 2600 XT 256mb! looked the same, with flames and all

@WellBeSerious12 5 лет назад

Funny because around 2007-8, while playing Combat Evolved, (while I don't remember the exact models of both cards) I switched from an NVIDIA card (8000-7000 something?) to an ATI/AMD one (2000 something?), and the ATI one was significantly better. And that was with Vista installed I think.